This article explains how to use the Retention Center.

Understanding the Retention Center
  • The Retention Center is a way of keeping track of students who are falling behind in the course.
  • To access the Retention Center click on your name at the top right of BBLearn
  • Click on the arrow icon that looks like this.
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  • You will see either a smiley face or an exclamation point next to the course title.
    • Courses that have a smiley face next to them indicate that all your students are on track for the course.
    • An exclamation point indicates at least one student is falling behind.
      • Click on the course with an exclamation point to see the number of students who missed deadlines or have not logged in to your course.
      • Click See Details, to see more information,
        • A table will show which students are at risk from falling behind.
        • Click on the red dot to to display why the student received it.
        • For a more detailed view of the student’s retention status click on the student’s name.
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  • To notify a student of their risk you can click Notify and then Students.
    • This will open a Send Notification page where a default e-mail message will appear.
  • At the bottom of the page is a section that displays your course activity: grading, activity on your journals and discussions, and recent announcements.

Customizing Retention Center
  • To track a specific student's progress, click the Monitor button.
  • To add or edit rules click the Customize button.
    • To edit these rules simply click on the action drop down menu and click Edit.
      • Rules control which students are considered at risk.
    • If you want certain rules in your course to not be seen in your Risk Table:
      • Click on the box next to the rule
      • Go to Actions button
      • Click Exclude from Risk Table.

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Types of Rules
  • Course Activity- measures a student’s activity in a course.
    • A student whose activity is a certain percentage below the class average over so many days triggers this rule.
  • Grade
    • Notifies you when a overall grade or specified item grade is below a set value or average of the class.
  • Course Access
    • Notifies you when a student hasn’t accessed your course by the number of days specified.
  • Missed Deadline
    • Notifies you when deadline has been missed
    • Specific number of assignments have been missed
    • Test has not been completed